I thought this was an amazing and disturbing film. I found the ending to be extremely depressing though, when he says he would literally rather be living in the prison camp than as a free man in a money-based society. Despite the food he wanted so badly and appreciating the affection from the old man for the first time, he would STILL rather be a starved and beaten slave than be in a free society??
Hard to understand.
It is sad that he thinks that way but I can see why. It is what he grew up with and what he knows. It is like when victims sympathize with a kidnapper. A lot of prisoners go back to prison because they have developed the skills to survive well. He has not developed the skills for freedom. There is a simplicity in being under complete control. He has been given a life when he can make choices instead of them being made for him and its not always easy for some.
shareI think he actually sees how corrupt and twisted "our" society is. And he can see it because he once was completely "free" of it, his mind and Soul hasn't been infected with consumerism. ... of course there must be a longing to live where you've lived but I think the his true reason is the fact that he sees the South Korean society as just another madness. That's not advocating the violence or the conditions. But he touches on that when he speaks about the suicides, he says there were no suicides in the camp but there are many suicides here in South Korea. In a way SK society is the opposite extreme, capitalism at it's worst with mindless ads everywhere and people actually all looking the same. There's not that much freedom and choice here all the life has been planned for you. So I personally think this could be a factor in his longing for going back.
"He say you Blade Runner." "Tell him I´m eating."